Year 1 · Length and Height · Summary
Year 1 Length and Height: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 length and height chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Compare lengths | Line up the starts. The one that reaches further is longer. Use shortest and longest for three or more. |
| Compare heights | Stand them on the same ground. The one that is higher is taller. |
| Measure with units | Lay cubes, paper clips or hand spans end to end, all the same size. Count them. |
| How much longer? | Line up the starts. Count the extra part at the end of the longer one. |
| Double and half | Double means two equal lots. Half means share into two equal parts. |
| Ruler in cm | Start at 0. Read the number at the other end. Write the length with cm. |
Can you…?
- I can say which thing is longer or shorter, and which is the longest or shortest
- I can say which thing is taller or shorter, and which is the tallest or shortest
- I can measure with cubes, paper clips and hand spans, using units of the same size
- I can say how much longer one thing is than another
- I can find double and half of a length
- I can read a length in cm on a ruler, starting at 0, and write it down
Key terms
- length
- how long something is, from one end to the other
- height
- how tall something is, from the bottom to the top
- longer
- reaches further than another thing
- shorter
- stops sooner than another thing
- tall
- high from the bottom to the top
- taller
- reaches higher than another thing that stands on the same ground
- unit
- the thing we measure with, such as a cube or a paper clip
- hand span
- the distance from the tip of your thumb to the tip of your little finger, hand spread wide
- centimetre (cm)
- a unit of length that we measure with on a ruler
- ruler
- a tool with numbers in centimetres, used to measure length
- double
- two equal lots of the same number
- half
- one of two equal parts